A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c57.448

v4.c57.448

and Rājanighaṇṭu (11.311–317). The details mentioned do not completely agree and often differ from text to text. The description of the varieties of harītakī in the Hāritasamhitā, much longer than the one found in the Bower MS, is the earliest detailed exposition on this subject in āyurvedic literature. A harītakīkalpa forms also part of the Aśvinīsamhitā and the Nāvanītaka of the Bower MS, but is absent from the Bhelasamhitā, Carakasamhitā and Kāśyapasamhitā. Vāgbhaṭa's works contain a short harītakīkalpa (A.h.Ka.2.58–61ab; A.s.Ka.2.75–79). 449 A separate chapter on the uses of triphalā does not form part of the other samhitās. 450 The same varieties are mentioned in the Bhāvaprakāśanighaṇṭu (harītakayādi 13), but their characteristics are reversed there. 451 Compare the laśunakalpas of the Bower MS, the Kāśyapasamhitā (Ka.5) and Vāgbhaṭa's works (A.h.U.39.111–129; A.s.U.49.161–213). 452 A guggulukalpa forms part of the Aṣṭāngasamgraha (U.49.257–280). 453 This is the only passage of the Hāritasamhitā where the later, especially in Tantric texts prevalent, series of ten kinds of vāta in the human body is referred to. 454 This series is not known from other sources. 455 Compare the stages described in a previous chapter (I.5.1–14). 456 See P. Tivārī (1989): 57. 457 See P. Tivārī (1989): 106–107. 458 Cf. Ca.Śā.4.9–25; Su.Śā.3.18–30; A.h.Śā.1.49cd–73. See P. Tivārī (1989): 148, 149, 152, 153, 154, 157. 459 See P. Tivārī (1989): 168. 460 See P. Tivārī (1989): 108, 112–116, 163, 164. 461 See A. Raison (1974): Intr. VIII. 462 P. Cordier (1901c): 180. A. Raison (1974): Intr. VIII. The pāriśiṣṭādhyāya was translated into French by A. Raison (1974: Intr. VIII–IX). 463 A Mādhyāhnikasamhitā is otherwise unknown in medical literature. 464 Made with the ashes of Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (Dennst.) Nicolson = A. campanulatus Blume ex Decne. (see A. Raison, 1974: 282, who regards ālūṣaka as a synonym of ālū). 465 Rendered as kumbheran and khair (Areca catechu Willd.) in the Hindi translation. 466 Not identified in the Hindī translation. 467 An unidentified vegetable. 468 Asparagus racemosus Willd. (= śatāvarī: Hindī translation) (see M. Abdul Kareem, 1997, Nr. 185; A. Raison, 1974: 293). 469 This cannot be the same as bhīru, which is also present in the prescription; the Hindī translation regards it as a variety (bhed) of śatāvarī. Bhīruka is a variety of sugarcane in the Suśrutasaṃhitā. 470 Regarded as identical with bhīru in the Hindī translation. 471 Rendered as barā semphali in the Hindī translation. Chopra's Glossary records barā sem as the Hindī name of Canavalia ensiformis (Linn.) DC. See on the nomenclature of this plant and its varieties: S.S.R. Bennet (1987). Compare M. Abdul Kareem (1997), Nr. 310: Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC. = C. ensiformis sensu Baker is called sthūlaśimbī in Sanskrit. 472 An unidentified vegetable. 473 This may be the same as padmacāriṇī.